Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tariff"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tariff \Tar"iff\, n.
A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to,
the production of revenue (called a
{revenue tariff}, or
{tariff for revenue}, or for the artificial fostering of home
industries (
{a projective tariff}), or as a means of coercing foreign
governments, as in case of
{retaliatory tariff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tariff \Tar"iff\, n. [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It.
tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r[=i]f information, explanation,
definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.]
1. A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the
government of a country upon goods imported or exported;
as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's
compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on
exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers
only to imports.
2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on
wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a
tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. --Bolingbroke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tariff \Tar"iff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tariffed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tariffing}.]
To make a list of duties on, as goods.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tariff
n : a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a
treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
[syn: {duty}]
v : charge a tariff, as for imported goods
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